The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-04
Its Nature, Mission and Effects
Explained.
A TREE IS KNOWN BY IT'S FRUIT.
Bishop o. f. Whitney's Remarks al
the Tabernacle. on Sunday
Afternoon Last.

cD0lr.
Meeting Was called to order by Presi-
dent Angus NJ. Cannon.
The congregation joined in singing
the hymn on page 146:
Great God attend while Zion sings,
he JOY tnat from Chy presence springs,
To spend one day with Thee on earth
Exceeds thousand days of mlrth.
Prayer by Elder Robert Campbell.
Choir sang, page 1856:
He di d. the Great Redeemer d ed,
And ISraefs daughters Wept round
A solemn stiffness yelled The sky
sudden trem bling shook the earth.
/ Sacrament was administered by the
Priesthood of the Eleventh Ward.
BISHOP .. F. WHITNEY said he was re-
quested to occupy a portion of the
time, and in doing so he trusted
to beguided by the Holy Spirit
They had partaken once more of
the Sacrament of the Lords
Supper, an ordinance instituted in an
cient and in modern times by which the
disciples of Christ may testify their
love, and remembrance and obedience
| to their Lord, in connt ction with
which they were promised that His
holy spirit should be with them. The
blessings promised by the Almighty de.
pend upon the obedience of HIS people
and their preparation to receive them.
there never was time in the history
of the church or the human family
when it was more necessary to build
upon the Rock of which Jesus spoke
| OF nj nil
we cannot stand. Building upon the
Rock is to hear and then keep his COM
| mandments.
| Realizing that, in this age, when was
to be brought forth a marvellous work
and wonder" perilous times would
come upon the earth, the Almighty
saw fit to provide once more an in
fallible guide for His people, pilot to
take the ship of their souls through the
storms and perils of lfe's troubled
ocean, to a haven of safety. This pilot
is the Holy Spirit, that leads and gnides
into the way of all truth. We are
taught that the Holy Ghost is the third
person in the Trinity. Jesus sent his
disciples forth to baptize all nations in
the names of the Father, Son and Holy
! 'ihost. Certain signs were to follow
| the believer, not to create faith but to
col firm it in the Gospel of the Son of God.
| But the great boon, which in impor-
| lance is above all signs and manifesto
tons of the Holy Spirit is that promise:
1t shall lead you into all truth. p" Jesus
said 81 will not leaVe you comfortleSs,
but l will send you the comforter, the
spirit of truth, and he will take of the
things of God and show them unto you
and Will show you things past and to
come" The prophet, Joseph Smith
said the definition of truth was the
knowledge of things as they are, as
they have been and as they will be.
Hhe disciples of Jesus were shown that
they were the sons and daughters of
God, and had a pre-eXistence in the
spirit, and once inhabited the worlds on
high. They we're shown that by pass
ing through q probation in mortality
Just as GOD ana Christ had done, I'm
dergoing the experiences of Joy and
sorrow, tasting bitter and sweet, eXer-
cising their faculties for the welfare of
their felloW-creatures and to the honor
and glory of God, and by cherishipg the
Holy Spirit, their minds would be-
come expanded and their progress
and development as intelligent beings
to the fulnts IS of the Father, assured.
Jesus told His disciples that He must
go unto the Father that the Holy Spirit
might come unto them. 1t was neces-
sary for Him to withdraw that they
might learn to exercise faith for them
selves, to combat evil and overcome by
the help of the Comforter whom He
was to send; to exercise self-relianCe
and individual trust in God. They did
not attain TO this while the Master was
| with them, because they left all to Him
and would not exercise their own latent
powers On account of lack of faith
and reliance upon God for themselves
| they could not cast out evil spirits any
more than the sons OF SceVs, until
Jesus left them and they were endowed
with power from on high. Their
preaching then pricked the people in
their hearts, and they went forth con-
GueriDg ana to CONQUER. The same
Peter who thrice denied his Lord
through lack of faith and human weak
ness, said to the lame man at the gate
OF the Temple: In the name of Jesus
Christ, arise and walk and the Grip
pie was instantly healed. Such
was the power which The Holy Spirit
brought TO these disciples Of Jesus, when
He hac ceased TO be visible to them,
and they were required to exercise faith
in Him as an invisible being. In this
world men are required for their eWn
good and greater development TO be-
iteve things which they do not see,
walking here by faith, and not as in the
former life, by sight.
One of the effects of the Holy Spirit is
to make men more magnaDimous aud
noble, il being the essence of kindness
generosity and love. 1t is an agent OF
power, for knowledge is power, and the
knowledge OF truth of things as they
are. have been and will be, enables men
to rise above petty things, to endure
patiently all things, and to pity the coz
dition of those who hate and wrong and
oppress their fellow creatures, as
though that were their mission on earth.
All men will be judged by the ighC
they possess. Those who took the life
OF the Son of God had not light enough
to know whom they slew; but they
sinned against the light and knowledge
which they had. Jesus couldtherefore
say Father, forgive them; they know
not what they do. 1t is doubtful that
Judas, knowing what be did, would
have betrayed his Lord if he had not
been "a devil" His position near the
J Savior gave him the advantage OF
knowing his Master more in ly than the
Roman or Jewish rabtle, and made him
more responsible for his awful deed.
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